Amazon Software Development Engineer II reviews

3.6

58% would recommend to a friend

(954 total reviews)
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19% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer II employees have rated Amazon with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 954 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer II professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer II professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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954 reviews
4.0
Sep 24, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The opportunity to be mentored by the best engineers in the world. Solving big, interesting problems at unbelivable scale

Cons

Organizations can get hyper-focused on metrics and it feels a little like you're in a fish bowl. Working at a company as big as Amazon, you feel like a very small and insignificant piece of a very large entity. It is very hard to get promoted

3.0
Sep 22, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Fast paced environment where it is easy to present your ideas and work on latest tech

Cons

Some orgs have succumbed to politics. Favoritism prevails and toxicity increases

1.0
Sep 19, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay (but not good enough for the extreme cost of living in Seattle)

Cons

Management mandated 5 days work from office starting in 2025 (previously was fully remote from 2020-2022ish, then 3 days in office for 2023-2024). Upper management does not have your best interests in mind. Lots of politics, even if your direct manager is good. Disappointing yearly 'raises', and disappointing promotion raises.

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